Eclipse class cruiser
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Eclipse |
| Completed: | 9 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | second class protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 5,600 tons |
| Length: | 350 ft (110 m) |
| Beam: | 53 ft 6 in (16.3 m) |
| Draught: | 20 ft 6 in (6.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft TE engines, 8,000 ihp |
| Speed: | 18.5 knots |
| Complement: | 450 |
| Armament: | Five x QF 6inch guns (5 x 1) 6 x 4.7in (6 x 1) 8 x QF 12 pounder guns (8 x 1) 6 x 3 pounder Quick Firing guns (6 x 1) 3 x 18in torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | 3 in gun shields 1.5-3 in decks |
The Eclipse-class cruisers of the Royal Navy were protected cruisers constructed in the mid-1890s.
They were enlarged versions of the preceding Astraea class. Between 1903 and 1905, all of the ships in the class except for Eclipse had their mixed 6 inch and 4.7 inch guns removed and replaced with a uniform armament of 11 modern 6 inch guns.
[edit] References
- World War 1 Naval Combat. Eclipse Class Second Class Protected Cruisers. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
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